Maps for Copenhagen
2012-14
Copenhagen, Denmark
A guidebook project made in collaboration with researcher Signe Rom.
2012-14
Copenhagen, Denmark
A guidebook project made in collaboration with researcher Signe Rom.
Social contexts and places to meet new friends. Map by Nermin Durakovic.
Squares and places with the most sunshine. Map by Sara Grønborg
Places to go for cheap groceries. Map by Paula Bulling
Parks and green ares in Copenhagen. Map by Annette Skov
Maps for Copenhagen is a project made in collaboration with researcher Signe Rom. It is an investigation into aspects of temporality, belonging, public space, cartography and how you can start to interact with a new city, across barriers like language, different cultural backgrounds and not having much money in the bank.
Since 2012, Signe and I have been engaged in the Trampoline House, a culture hub in Copenhagen for asylum seekers, migrants, and everyone else. Here we have organized different activities and gathered knowledge about the city together with a large group of people, most of whom we met in the house. Dialogues and collective mappings have been central tools.
We have asked questions like: what does Copenhagen look like, when you have just arrived? How do you find your way around? What places in the city do you like and what places would you recommend to others? Where do you go to meet new friends? And how do you use the city with out much money in your pocket?
In December 2014 we presented the first guidebook to Copenhagen in both Danish, English and Arabic. The book represents knowledge about the city, advice and shared experiences that have arisen in the process of its creation. The guidebook contains 10 thematic chapters, each chapter with a city map made by an artist. The guidebook essentially provides tips and guidance to free or effortdable places.
Featuring artworks by: Annette Skov, Bonnie Fortune, Emma Smith, Lucia Merlo, Maj Horn, Nermin Durakovic, Nikolas Theilgaard, Paula Bulling, Parul Modha, Sara Grønborg, Søren Assenholt and Vladimir Tomic.
Project assistants: Shamsadeen Hashim Alfadal, Lina Bonilla, Mohamed Afro.
Knowledge contributions: Rana, Eco, Shams, Shukri, Mohammed, Ahmed, Fira Oll, Bhsap, Serdar, Birte, Modar, Nidal, Adeel, Noura, Søren, Emad, Ismail, Lina, Mohammed, Ana Paula, Jana, Deá, Nina, Emmanuel, Aabdarrahim, Nora, Nicoline, Afro, Raz, Lucien, Naraki, Asif, Kristian, Reema, Natasha, John, Benben, Omid.
Graphic design: Eller med a
Translators: Ali Ali, Shams Hashim Alfadal, Natasha Hogan.
ISBN: 97887-998050-0-6
Trampoline House
Financial support: Nørrebro Lokaludvalg, Interkulturelt Center (IKC), Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond and BUPL
Maps for Copenhagen is a project made in collaboration with researcher Signe Rom. It is an investigation into aspects of temporality, belonging, public space, cartography and how you can start to interact with a new city, across barriers like language, different cultural backgrounds and not having much money in the bank.
Since 2012, Signe and I have been engaged in the Trampoline House, a culture hub in Copenhagen for asylum seekers, migrants, and everyone else. Here we have organized different activities and gathered knowledge about the city together with a large group of people, most of whom we met in the house. Dialogues and collective mappings have been central tools.
We have asked questions like: what does Copenhagen look like, when you have just arrived? How do you find your way around? What places in the city do you like and what places would you recommend to others? Where do you go to meet new friends? And how do you use the city with out much money in your pocket?
In December 2014 we presented the first guidebook to Copenhagen in both Danish, English and Arabic. The book represents knowledge about the city, advice and shared experiences that have arisen in the process of its creation. The guidebook contains 10 thematic chapters, each chapter with a city map made by an artist. The guidebook essentially provides tips and guidance to free or effortdable places.
Featuring artworks by: Annette Skov, Bonnie Fortune, Emma Smith, Lucia Merlo, Maj Horn, Nermin Durakovic, Nikolas Theilgaard, Paula Bulling, Parul Modha, Sara Grønborg, Søren Assenholt and Vladimir Tomic.
Project assistants: Shamsadeen Hashim Alfadal, Lina Bonilla, Mohamed Afro.
Knowledge contributions: Rana, Eco, Shams, Shukri, Mohammed, Ahmed, Fira Oll, Bhsap, Serdar, Birte, Modar, Nidal, Adeel, Noura, Søren, Emad, Ismail, Lina, Mohammed, Ana Paula, Jana, Deá, Nina, Emmanuel, Aabdarrahim, Nora, Nicoline, Afro, Raz, Lucien, Naraki, Asif, Kristian, Reema, Natasha, John, Benben, Omid.
Graphic design: Eller med a
Translators: Ali Ali, Shams Hashim Alfadal, Natasha Hogan.
ISBN: 97887-998050-0-6
Trampoline House
Financial support: Nørrebro Lokaludvalg, Interkulturelt Center (IKC), Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond and BUPL